"Counter object" - no need for that. To make your example I would just used tiled background with one hart and write an even to set the width of it depending on how many hearts you have. That would take me literally a couple of minutes to do.
"Path movement" - There is a plugin you can find in the plugin section that does that. U'll need to use search cause i cant remember what was it called.
I've always choosen "makers" because I never was passionate about learning how to code. If I would decide to learn now, it would take another 3+ years of my life, just like other things I learned.